Example sentences of "it [is] [verb] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's calling for getting better control over what 's happening in the country . |
| 2 | And whether it 's used for holding a special Christmas arrangement , potpourri , a bowl of fruit or just as handy side table for your guests to put their drinks on , this occasional table will prove indispensable all year round . |
| 3 | I do n't count all the deer I 've bumped into since it 's taken for granted you 'll see a few of the elegant beasts galloping away over the heather no matter which hill you 're on . |
| 4 | The injustice is that the donkey is beaten until it collapses and then it is beaten for collapsing . |
| 5 | Climbing is second nature to all small felines and it is virtually impossible for a cat to switch off its urge to climb , even if it is punished for doing so . |
| 6 | The tailwheel must be locked immediately before take-off and remain so until the completion of the landing roll , when it is unlocked for taxying and manoeuvring . |
| 7 | One of them is enclosed in the letters written by the same ship , another bill is sent overland to the factor or party to whom the goods are consigned , the third remaineth with the merchant , for his testimony against the master , if there were any occasion for loose dealing ; but especially it is kept for to serve in case of loss , to recover the value of the goods of the assurors that have undertaken to bear the adventure with you . |
| 8 | It is recommended for printing word-processed documents and graphics and , Olivetti says , is ideal as a personal printer for business users and for the education market . |
| 9 | It is recommended for demanding graphics applications such as three-dimensional modelling and visualisation . |
| 10 | It is recommended for publishing students as it gives a useful background to advanced work . |
| 11 | Among serious writers and readers in the United States ( as distinct from shallow and modish Anglophiles mostly around New York ) , it is taken for granted that Pound 's caustic dismissal of us in 1929 was justified , and that nothing has happened in the forty-five years since to alter that picture significantly . |
| 12 | He explained that on the Continent it is taken for granted that fish caught on a line by small boats should command a premium for the careful handling that preserves both flavour and texture . |
| 13 | It is taken for granted that they bring with them their housekeeping skills . |
| 14 | There are moments of natural awakening to one 's own beauty , but it is rare that it is really appreciated in the early years of womanhood ; usually it is taken for granted , and only lamented when it is gone . |
| 15 | It is taken for granted that men do and should occupy the leadership roles and make the important decisions . |
| 16 | Only if it is taken for granted that the preference behaviour is that of a conscious subject , does it , of itself , provide a reason for promoting the preferred end , — it would not matter in the least if there was no conscious individual there to mind about anything . |
| 17 | It is taken for granted that such taxation is related to income levels because the amount taken in income tax varies directly with incomes . |
| 18 | The speed and extent of this physical change , since it is taken for granted once accomplished , have considerable implications . |
| 19 | It is taken for granted that an institution will be sub-divided into faculties , schools , departments , units and centres ; but the epistemological implications of such subdivisions are rarely examined explicitly . |
| 20 | During these moist-palmed days of self-discovery , it is taken for granted that the penis can withstand a rigorous pummelling up to eight times a day . |
| 21 | The unspoken assumption here , as so often elsewhere , was that crowds would impair enjoyment — a typically individualistic assumption which it is taken for granted applies to the entire population . |
| 22 | More to the point is that the Discourse indicates the scientism of the period : it is taken for granted by the lecturer that Turner ought to paint a tree of a recognizable species , for example , and assumed that portrait painters are after an exact likeness . |
| 23 | It is used for making small castings . |
| 24 | It is used for breathing , especially when swimming . |
| 25 | It is used for greeting other elephants . |
| 26 | It was simply that a bottle of brandy , even of the kind intended only for the kitchen ( by which I do n't mean something not fit to drink , I mean something one prefers not to drink ) , somehow always turns out in fact to have been drunk by somebody just when it is needed for cooking and has n't been replaced , while whisky is a supply which is more or less automatically re-ordered as soon as it runs out . |
| 27 | Since money is a medium of exchange , it is required for conducting transactions . |